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I've never tried probiotic pills before because I was never sure if the bacteria would live in pill form to work. I decided to try ActivatedYou because I like that there is a good variety of bacteria in them and I totally got sucked into Maggie Q's 45-minute long video about her journey with probiotics. I did my research, and other pills out there seemed to be a similar price anyway.

I've been taking ActivatedYou for almost a month now, and I will say that the best benefit by far has been that it is helping with my acid indigestion/reflux issues! I've been taking Zantac every day for the last two years, and I was on Prevacid every day for four years before that. I went to doctors, got tests done, got an endoscopy, and all they could tell me was to take a PPI or acid reducer like Zantac every day. I don't have ulcers or any kind of hiatal hernia, so there's really nothing they could do to pinpoint the issue of why I get terrible acid every time I eat anything. Even a banana or something really easy to digest.

The first few days of taking ActivatedYou, I noticed right away that after I ate food, I didn't need to take a Zantac or Tums (depending on what I ate (if I eat pizza or anything super rich I will still need an acid reducer/neutralizer).

However, I also had bloating, cramping and diarrhea the first two days of taking them, so I went to every other day for a couple weeks. That made a big difference. The days I took ActivatedYou, I wouldn't have to take a Zantac (as long as I ate pretty healthy, which I usually do anyway) and the days I didn't, I would have to take Zantac still.

Now I'm taking them for 3 or 4 days in a row and then taking a day off. I'm still having bloating issues. I've read that it takes a few months for that to subside and I'm willing to stick it out. I was already having bloating issues before taking ActivatedYou, so I may as well keep taking it to see if it ever helps with that like Maggie has said it would. I'm really hoping it does!

I know there hasn't been a ton of research in the medical field on probiotics, but I wish more doctors would look into them and the relationship our gut has with the rest of our bodies. The American diet is terrible, and even if you start eating super healthy like I started to 10 years ago, it may already be too late for your gut. If putting more probiotics in my gut is going to help it with these digestion and bloating issues works, then I'm all for it! I haven't seen any other bad side effects, short-term, and I'm really hoping there are no bad side effects with long-term use either (like there is for PPIs and probably even with taking acid reducers forever).

I hope ActivatedYou continues to oversee the quality of their products and that I can continue to trust this brand of probiotics for a long time to come. I'm satisfied with my experience and investment in them so far.